Alaska earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 59 km SE of King Cove, Alaska

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 59 km SE of King Cove, Alaska on Wed, Jul 14, 2021, 8:41 AM AKDT (16:41 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 84 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Alaska Earthquake Center
Local time
UTC
2021-07-14 16:41:08 UTC
Depth
36.1 km (22.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.642° N, 161.756° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
29

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 124 in the 60 days after this one and 32 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.290 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
  2. 1.813 km WSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 88 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 2.294 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1905 days ago · 11 km deep · 37 km away
  4. 2.254 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 2.657 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 2.194 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1904 days ago · 32 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 1.970 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 55 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 1.784 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 2.075 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 38 km deep · 17 km away
  10. 1.687 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1903 days ago · 30 km deep · 33 km away
  11. 1.646 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
  12. 3.0110 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 1.837 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 60 km deep · 29 km away
  14. 1.638 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 2.3Alaska Peninsula · 1902 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 2.579 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1902 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 2.179 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 2.220 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 79 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 1.889 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1901 days ago · 26 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 2.390 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
  21. 1.771 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1900 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
  22. 2.066 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 17 km deep · 11 km away
  23. 3.584 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 30 km deep · 38 km away
  24. 2.071 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1899 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
  25. 1.710 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1898 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  26. 2.168 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 17 km deep · 15 km away
  27. 1.890 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1897 days ago · 13 km deep · 31 km away
  28. 1.630 km NE of King Cove, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 22 km deep · 72 km away
  29. 1.793 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1896 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
  30. 2.573 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 45 km deep · 91 km away
  31. 1.978 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1895 days ago · 73 km deep · 92 km away
  32. 1.941 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 48 km deep · 18 km away
  33. 1.671 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 19 km deep · 89 km away
  34. 2.131 km ESE of King Cove, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 95 km deep · 39 km away
  35. 2.284 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1894 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  36. 2.881 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1893 days ago · 27 km deep · 31 km away
  37. 2.146 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  38. 3.132 km NNE of Cold Bay, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 171 km deep · 100 km away
  39. 2.618 km ENE of King Cove, Alaska · 1892 days ago · 113 km deep · 57 km away
  40. 2.074 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1891 days ago · 29 km deep · 17 km away
  41. 1.971 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1890 days ago · 18 km deep · 14 km away
  42. 2.855 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 34 km deep · 13 km away
  43. 1.9Alaska Peninsula · 1889 days ago · 80 km deep · 76 km away
  44. 1.991 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 14 km deep · 33 km away
  45. 2.1Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1889 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
  46. 2.229 km E of King Cove, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 96 km deep · 48 km away
  47. 1.9105 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1888 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away
  48. 1.969 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 25 km deep · 44 km away
  49. 1.850 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1887 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
  50. 2.195 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 23 km deep · 48 km away
  51. 2.678 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
  52. 2.080 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1886 days ago · 24 km deep · 32 km away
  53. 2.7102 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1884 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
  54. 3.330 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1883 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  55. 2.073 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
  56. 2.964 km SW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1882 days ago · 76 km deep · 50 km away
  57. 3.020 km N of King Cove, Alaska · 1881 days ago · 161 km deep · 75 km away
  58. 3.056 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 81 km deep · 12 km away
  59. 2.542 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  60. 3.093 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1880 days ago · 15 km deep · 35 km away

The first 60 of 124.

Before

  1. 1.926 km ENE of False Pass, Alaska · 1906 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 2.297 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 1.789 km SSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 1.5104 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 1.891 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1907 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  6. 1.590 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 1.750 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1908 days ago · 101 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 2.180 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1909 days ago · 26 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 1.758 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 2.054 km S of Sand Point, Alaska · 1912 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 1.734 km NNE of King Cove, Alaska · 1913 days ago · 101 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 1.993 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
  13. 1.663 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1917 days ago · 18 km deep · 5 km away
  14. 2.637 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 71 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 1.856 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska · 1918 days ago · 26 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 2.698 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  17. 2.6101 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1919 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  18. 2.076 km SE of King Cove, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 23 km deep · 17 km away
  19. 2.839 km WSW of Sand Point, Alaska · 1920 days ago · 70 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 1.938 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1922 days ago · 78 km deep · 99 km away

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